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Old 12th Jan 2011, 14:52
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OK, m1B, obviously not the troll I thought you were. My understanding is that at some point on an approach to an airfield NOT in the database the system will warn you of terrain ahead. Again, my understanding is that this is normal. Are you are saying that at the first 'Terrain Ahead' warning (they had one at 200m) they should have gone round and diverted? That would mean you would never be able to approach a non-database a/field in IMC even using a CATIII ILS! Just a little limiting.

If you are saying they should have gone round at the 'Pull Up' I quite agree, of course, but that was, I assume, a basic GPWS warning.

welliewanger - I assume the massey post related to the 'Terrain Ahead' warning, not the 'Pull Up' (see above)?
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